Special Notice Attachment 145025-24-0035.pdf
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This document is a Special Notice from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Acquisition & Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, regarding the intended sole-source negotiation with Gold Standard Diagnostics Horsham, Inc. located in Horsham, Pennsylvania for the procurement of ELISA kits to be delivered to Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The sole-source determination is based on NOAA's requirement that Gold Standard Diagnostics Horsham, Inc. is the only vendor that manufactures and distributes these ELISA kits. NOAA has been using the Abraxis kits since 2009 to maintain standardization of data across multiple sampling programs, and changing kits would compromise data integrity and weaken NOAA's role as a research leader in the Great Lakes region. The ELISA kits meet all specifications, with a 96-well format, detection limit of 0.1 ppb, and a standard range of 0-5 ppb for the ADDA moiety of the microcystin molecule. NOAA requires delivery of the kits within 30 days from the date of award. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals, but firms that believe they can fully meet the government's requirements may submit substantiating documentation in writing to the identified point of contact within 15 days of the publication of this synopsis.
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***THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION’S (NOAA)
ACQUISITION & GRANTS OFFICE (AGO), WESTERN ACQUISITION DIVISION-BOULDER
(WAD), Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL), INTENDS TO NEGOTIATE, ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS, UNDER AUTHORITY OF FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), WITH Gold Standard Diagnostics Horsham, Inc. LOCATED IN Horsham, Pennsylvania FOR ELISA kits TO BE DELIVERED TO Ann Arbor, MI.
***THE SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION IS BASED ON NOAA’S REQUIREMENT THAT
Gold Standard Diagnostics Horsham, Inc. IS THE ONLY VENDOR THAT MANUFACTURES AND DISTRIBUTES THESE ELISA Kits. Since we began the Harmful Algal Bloom monitoring program in 2009, we have been using Abraxis kits. In order to ensure standardization of data across many different sampling programs, identical kits must be used. The US EPA as well as multiple water treatment plants around the Lake Erie basin also use Abraxis kits to monitor their waters for microcystins. In order to maintain long-term data integrity it is critical that we use the same kits year after year. This product meets all specifications. The kit is in a 96 well format and targets the ADDA moiety of the microcystin molecule. It's detection limit is 0.1ppb and has a standard range of 0-5ppb.
Changes kits would compromise data and analysis of harmful cyanobacteria toxicity levels within the Great Lakes region and would also weaken our role as research leader in Lake Erie, as our data would no longer be comparable to other research entities within the region.
DELIVERY WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM DATE OF AWARD.
***THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS AND NO
SOLICITATION PACKAGE IS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, FIRMS THAT BELIEVE THEY CAN
FULLY MEET THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUIREMENTS MAY SUBMIT SUBSTANTIATING
DOCUMENTATION IN WRITING TO THE IDENTIFIED POINT OF CONTACT WITHIN 15 DAYS
AFTER PUBLICATION OF THIS SYNOPSIS. SUCH DOCUMENTATION WILL BE EVALUATED
SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO CONDUCT THIS
PROCUREMENT ON A COMPETITIVE BASIS. A DETERMINATION BY THE GOVERNMENT
NOT TO CONDUCT A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT, BASED UPON RESPONSES TO THIS
NOTICE, IS SOLELY WITHIN THE DISCRETION OF THE GOVERNMENT. ORAL
COMMUNICATIONS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE.
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